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Tag: Untrustworthy

So, we have all got to start… somewhere. And Untrustworthy is, in a way, where I got started. For it is my first-ever published work!

Just Where Did My Ideas for Untrustworthy Come From, Anyway?

Well, the very start of all of this was the idea of NaNoWriMo. I wanted to be able to write something that I could, perhaps, shop around to a publisher. But at the time, I was only writing fan fiction.

That was, if I recall correctly, 2012. So, I bided my time a bit.

In 2013, the idea leapt into my head and I could not shake it. I put together an outline and was ready for November 1st and my first ever NaNoWriMo.

The World of NaNo as a Novice

As a newbie, and a kind of hardworking over achiever, I overwrote every day. But not by too much. And as the story started to wind down, I came to the realization: I am not going to have enough words.

Egad.

That was kind of terrifying.

But then, I had an epiphany of sorts.

Epiphanies ‘R’ Us

I had very little description of Caboss. And so, I made a decision. The city would have some more to it.

So, I hit upon the idea of a central river. Almost like the Charles River in Boston, or the Danube River dividing Budapest, it would be a mark of going from one place to another.

And, a lot like the wrong side of the tracks in towns cleft by the railroad, there would be a marked difference between the two banks.

It got me to 50,000 and a publishing deal. So, here we are.

Janet Gershen-Siegel's writing, Untrustworthy Tathrelle Velexio Izalla Adger

Character Review — Velexio

Writing Progress Reports, First Quarter 2018, Second Quarter 2018, Third Quarter 2018, Fourth Quarter 2018, First Quarter 2019, Second Quarter 2019, Third Quarter 2019, Fourth Quarter 2019, First Quarter 2020, Second Quarter 2020, Third Quarter 2020, Fourth Quarter 2020, First Quarter 2021, Second Quarter 2021, Third Quarter 2021, Fourth Quarter 2021, First Quarter 2022, Second Quarter 2022, Third Quarter 2022, Fourth Quarter 2022, First Quarter 2023, Second Quarter 2023, Third Quarter 2023, Fourth Quarter 2023,

Writing Progress Report – Fourth Quarter 2022

New Cover of Untrustworthy Tathrelle Ixalla Adger Velexio

Character Review — Tathrelle

Janet Gershen-Siegel's writing, Untrustworthy Tathrelle Velexio Izalla Adger

Self-Review – Untrustworthy

New Cover of Untrustworthy Tathrelle Ixalla Adger Velexio

Character Review — Ixalla

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